78026 Chinese Corporate Commercial Law^{1, 2, 3}

With China's emergence as a new economic superpower, and with ever-deepening business ties between Australia and China, it is crucial that students gain an up-to-date understanding of Chinese business law, and an awareness of major differences between Australian and Chinese legal and business cultures.

This subject focuses on areas of Chinese law that are most relevant for foreign businesses and for law firms with a China practice. Topic areas covered include:

• Chinese legal culture/business culture
• challenges of doing business in China – politics, bureaucracy, corruption, personal connections
• Chinese business enterprise law – state-owned enterprises, companies limited by shares, township and village enterprises, private entrepreneurs, foreign-invested enterprises
• pitfalls surrounding contracts and business transactions with Chinese enterprises
• foreign investment regime in China
• Chinese banking/finance system and capital markets
• business dispute resolution and litigation.

This subject is structured in a semi-intensive format, meeting on four Saturdays during the semester. Teaching and learning strategies include a combination of lectures, group discussion, online feedback and online discussion.

Assessment: Online and in-class participation (20 per cent), graded group exercises (20 per cent), research essay (60 per cent).

Footnote(s)

1. Formally named Chinese Corporate Commercial Law.

2. Students who have completed an introductory subject in Chinese law need not attend the first class but are welcome to attend if they wish.

3. LLB students require a minimum weighted average mark (WAM) of 65 per cent to undertake this subject, calculated as SUM (credit points x mark)/total credit points. This requirement may be reviewed in future. If a student enrols with a WAM of less than 65 per cent they will be withdrawn from the subject after the last date to add subjects and consequently will not be able to enrol in an alternative subject in that semester.